# Good To Stargaze — user reviews > 44 indexed App Store user reviews of Good To Stargaze by Matthew LLOYD, rated 4.40/5 from 217 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/good-to-stargaze/id1298891559/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/good-to-stargaze/id1298891559.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 159 · 4★ 22 · 3★ 12 · 2★ 3 · 1★ 21 ## What do users think of Good To Stargaze? Overall sentiment: negative **Pros** - 👍 Accurate for planning viewing nights - 👍 Useful for astronomers - 👍 Good for finding right conditions - 👍 Reliable forecast - 👍 Clean, organized interface **Cons** - 😞 Expensive subscription model - 😞 Pessimistic predictions - 😞 Free features removed - 😞 Unusable without payment - 😞 Inaccurate forecasts - 😞 Poor accuracy for cloud cover - 😞 App is a buggy site wrapper - 😞 Data for other locations - 😞 Subscription required for current location - 😞 Hidden subscription fees - 😞 Not bang for your buck - 😞 Outdated data - 😞 Poor translation - 😞 Price is exaggerated - 😞 Monetization focused - 😞 No longer supported on iOS - 😞 Weather forecast is off - 😞 App is SUPER slow to load - 😞 Refuse to pay for subscription **Commonly reported bugs** - App is a buggy site wrapper - App not working for current location - App shows previous 24 hours, not upcoming - App shows rain when it's clear - App doesn't work or is SUPER slow to load after Apple update - Light pollution map not up to date **Most requested features** - Grandfathering in initial users - Unique payment option instead of subscription - More precise geolocation feature - Map key for chart colors - Include light pollution map - Update light pollution map data - Widget for the app - Fix app for Apple update - Add moon phases back to condition page ## Newest reviews (18 of 44) ### 2/5 — Tout est payant maintenant *2026-03-04* Appli originale et pratique mais les prévisions gratuites pour une journée ont disparues. TOUT est payant à présent. J’aurai volontiers accepté un paiement unique mais je refuse les abonnements. Dommage, je vais désinstaller. ### 1/5 — Used to be GOOD *2025-03-29* Was a great app until I was forced to update and pay a subscription to continue using. No thanks. ### 1/5 — Alo *2025-03-10* Hate to say it but from the last review I read after downloading and installing and the info now provided after your update say information from another location. You should not be saying free you should be saying get your free clickbait here! ### 1/5 — Look elsewhere *2025-02-02* This app now doesn’t even show you the conditions at your current place and time. It shows like 10 days out in the future and if you want current conditions you have to pay for the subscription ### 1/5 — This app tells you another location and time *2025-01-20* So not really any purpose to it. ### 1/5 — Used to be decent *2025-01-09* Now any value requires a subscription ### 1/5 — Totally inaccurate *2025-01-06* Paid for premium subscription nearly two weeks ago because my son got a telescope for Christmas. Every single night the app says 85%+ cloud cover and not good for stargazing. Most of those nights my son and I have been out looking at stars and planets in perfectly clear skies. Don’t know what kind of operation they are running but this app is of no use whatsoever ### 1/5 — Mal *2024-12-29, version 2.9.20* Muy caro y poca información ### 2/5 — Monetisation now key *2024-12-22* It used to provide 24 hours of future predictions for free - no longer. Dumped. ### 3/5 — Good but *2024-10-12* I’m located a few kilometers from the Russian border (not in Russia) and the app doesn’t work for me often and displays an error message on Russian, I usually have to select a location several kilometers away or the app will block my request… could the geolocation feature be made more precise if possible? ### 3/5 — Accurate and useful - moon is missing *2024-06-05* Overall the app is accurate and very useful for astronomers. The latest release is not showing moon phases on the condition page, or in the forecast tables. It was there before, but missing now. ### 3/5 — Need key to tell you about colors *2024-04-30, version 2.9.8* Need to give a map Key to tell you about the colors on the charts. Accuracy of the cloud cover is not very good. ### 1/5 — Terrible for Canada *2024-01-12* The cloud cover accuracy of this app is so bad, it basically makes it completely useless for stargazing. Even if I have clear blue skies out my window, this thing just constantly shows cloud cover. No idea where it’s pulling its data from by my other astro apps are way more accurate in that respect. Immediately cancelled subscription ### 3/5 — Light pollution map *2023-11-29* I see a LP indicator number but not on the map , is there an included map that includes LP? ### 2/5 — Astronomical in price. *2023-07-29* Provides inaccurate forecast. ### 2/5 — Awful *2023-07-20, version 2.9.2* I paid for the 24hr app it’s really bad for example it 1047 am and it tells me what the previous 24 hours was not the upcoming 🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️ ### 3/5 — Cash *2023-05-12* Was reasonably useful, but now focused on cash generation. ### 1/5 — Very Disappointed after “update” *2023-05-10* - I’m honestly very disappointed after the update. Before, you could view 24 hours for free…I’ve had this app since the very beginning when it first rolled out and now to view more than 2-3 hours you have to pay. Which money isn’t the problem, it’s 99¢…it’s the principal. I hate it when beta testers and some of apps first users get left in the so called “dark”. Like, I’ve stuck with you through all the bugs since the beginning and now since your app is taking off this is how you’re gonna reward me ? Not cool in my opinion. Other than that, the app has been go to and very accurate. It has never let me down…until now. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Free to 99 cents *2026-08-20* I guess a free user user using your app to gain a reputation is worth 99 cents. No grandfathering in of initial users when you gain traction was considered. Yes, my deleting of the app over 99 cents is approximate consideration in kind. If I thought the app had value beyond the limited one or two hr. free subscription, I would have subscribed beyond the initial now eliminated free subscription feature long ago. ### 1/5 — Expensive and pessimistic *2026-05-19* Better and cheaper apps around. This one has a quite expensive tier model and always seems to be quite pessimistic in predictions. ### 1/5 — App Pago que não acerta *2026-03-03* Fiz a comparação com a previsão atrasada do mesmo, e a mesma não bateu com a realidade. Tive dias com céu absurdamente limpo onde o aplicativo indicava a impossibilidade de observação. ### 1/5 — No good *2026-02-16, version 2.9.39* Used to be a good app, now a buggy site wrapper requiring a subscription ### 1/5 — Booo *2026-01-14* Only gives you data for somewhere else rather than your own location, unless you subscribe. There are much better apps that charge way less, deleted straightaway! ### 1/5 — Don’t know if it’s accurate *2025-07-01, version 2.9.20* I can’t see info for my area so I don’t know if it’s accurate. I’m not paying unless I know it’s accurate. Deleted. ### 1/5 — Unusable unless you pay *2025-06-18* App used to have a free option. Now it does not. You cannot even see your current location current forecast without a subscription. ### 1/5 — Holy downfall🥀 *2025-06-12* So at first, the app was really great, i could view 24 hours without paying anything and it was really usefull, BUT NOW, I CANT even use the app cause theres no point. Almost everything costs money now like seriously, get rid of this stupid update yall let me down bro. Talk about backstabbing, anyways this app isnt useful anymore and to people reading, dont get the app it costs a lot and its not a bang for your buck. LIKE WAHT THEY HELLY DUDE ### 1/5 — Not even a free option? *2025-06-01* What the helly? I can understand making 7 days into the future a paid option, but not even able to view a couple hours into the evening? The main tab that even tells you if it’s “good to stargaze” is completely paywalled now. This is a dumb update and there’s no reason for me to keep this app anymore. If you want to have a paid app, just make set it to paid in the App Store, not this weird trick of hiding your app’s subscription fees. Feeling confused. ### 1/5 — Hidden behind paywall *2025-05-09* The app is free to download however there is zero free features. The charts you see are for a different location and you have to pay to see anything for your location. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — BEST APP EVER!! *2025-08-20* Tells me when it’s good to stargazing, this app is really good app also it tells me when planets, galaxies, and more. You should download it now ### 5/5 — Accurate app *2023-04-24* I've been using this app for a long time and find it very accurate. I use it to plan my viewing nights. I recommend this app to my friends ### 5/5 — This WAS excellent *2022-08-25* This WAS an excellent ap until the latest Apple update and now this ap either doesn’t work or is SUPER slow to load. Please fix it ### 5/5 — Powerful program loaded with features *2022-05-02* Great app but I refuse to pay for subscription software too bad this is good stuff renting software ruined my purchase, oh well back to searching for reasonable apps ### 5/5 — Avertissement *2020-08-16* J’aurais bien aimé être averti avant de facturer une autre année 🤦‍♂️ ### 5/5 — Reliable Forecast *2020-07-31* I use this to plan my evenings in advance, and it has done very well for me. I don’t know what I would do without this, I would probably s t a r g a z e much less. ### 5/5 — Essential Weather App *2020-04-28* This is an essential weather tool for observing. I use it every time I’m imaging with my telescope and trust the data it displays to my precious equipment. ### 5/5 — Fast *2019-06-20* Great app. It’s the fastest way I’ve found to find out if the conditions are right. ### 4/5 — Lately…disappointed in central Florida forecasts *2024-09-01* A few years ago I would have given this app 5 stars without hesitation. Lately, though, it has not been nearly as accurate a predictor of clear vs. cloudy skies. I don’t know what changes may have been made to this app or to the weather sources it uses, but I can’t rely on this app in the way I used to. ### 4/5 — Amazing but needs updating *2022-02-23* An amazing app. Would rate 5 stars if light pollution map was up to date. The map is based off of NOAA 2015 data, which, in Texas, things are getting pretty crazy and cities are exploding lately… so not super reliable here anymore :( hopefully the data will be updated soon, if the app hasn’t been forgotten about… --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-09-11.*